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4 Reasons Why Teams Fail

If you’re a leader of a team, teamwork is essential for your success. 

Your team has to be top notch. 

They have to perform at the top level, but many teams don’t perform at the top level. 

As a matter of fact, many teams fail. 

If you want to make sure that your team doesn’t fail, you must understand the reason that most teams fail. 

Here are the top four reasons that teams fail: 

1. They don’t have a vision 

The number one reason that teams fail is because they don’t have a vision. 

They don’t know what the goal line looks like. 

If you don’t know where your team is going, it’s hard for them to work together to get there. 

You have to have a common vision if you want your team to be successful. 

2. They don’t have a solid game plan 

The second reason that teams fail is because they don’t have a solid game plan. 

A game plan is a roadmap to how you’re going to make the vision a reality. 

If you don’t know what the left hand is doing, the right hand can’t be successful. 

As a former college football player, I played on a lot of teams and I knew the most important thing was the playbook and the game plan. 

We had to be in sync about what we were going to do to reach the goal line. 

A team without a game plan is a team destined to fail.  

3. They don’t have good communication 

A team without good communication is destined to fail. 

Teamwork is critically important, but you can’t work as a team if you don’t have good communication. 

You must communicate what the team needs to do. 

You must communicate to ensure that everyone understands their position. 

You must communiccate to understand the challenges that your team may be facing. 

You have to hear from your team and they have to hear from you. 

Communication is critical to the success of any team.  

If you don’t communicate well, you cannot win.  

4. They don’t have a leader 

Any team will fail without a leader. 

As a matter of fact, I believe that teams need multiple leaders. 

Teams need  a strong, concise leader. 

Someone who’s not demeaning and demanding, but a leader who understands the landscape and can keep people on the same page. 

Teams need a leader with vision, a solid gam plan and great communication. 

The greatest teams have great leaders. 

To ensure you team doesn’t fail, you have to master these four things. 

You’ve got to have a vision. 

You’ve got to have a game plan. 

You’ve got to communicate. 

And most importantly, you have to become an admired executive. 

Anton

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